TRMS producer Andy Dallos was up around the staging area for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday and caught a couple of shots of the instructional signs that explain not only how to inflate the balloons but how they're placed and timed in the procession. I would not have guessed that Sonic the Hedgehog has 25 individual helium chambers.
I've linked the photos to larger versions in Flickr, so click them to read the text.
Andy Dallos
The procession diagram after the jump...
Andy Dallos
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Totally off topic, but one of the things I am really grateful for this year, besides my wonderful family, is that there is finally a newsperson I can respect. Thank you Rachel for bringing a breath of fresh air to the media. I know I am not alone in feeling that what you say is on target and that no politician or organization could convince you to be anything other than honest. You bring a whole new way of taking the information apart and making it both informative and on target. So Happy Thanksgiving to you and may you continue to make news history.
I concur! Thank you Rachel and the TRMS Team for making this a truely wonderful election season and a very thankful Thanksgiving day! (Miami, Florida)
absolutely agreed, blubird. couldn't have said it better! thank you, rachel!
How about Rachel for 'Secretary of Explaining Things'.
Or Senator in charge of Splaining.
Run Rachel Run.
Among my Top Ten List of things to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day-
Rachel Maddow- your courage and clarity on all the issues of the day are informative, thoughtful and even entertaining! I can always count on your show for something unreported or underreported-and a different perspective on the day's news. You and TRMS team are just something else- I am truly thankful for what you do!
Just my humble opinion, but maybe for the climax of the parade it be fun if these advertising symbols could be anchored on barges out in New York Bay and used for Punkin Chuckin target practice.
(NBC story on US lead in Chuckin technology)
A couple of times, I've been a balloon handler in the Detroit parade. It's great good fun. Do Macys spectators bring Kinko astro-brite signage SPIN IT (flip side) PLEASE?
Thanks to Bill, Rachel, Steve, and all who work so hard on this show and blog. Without you, how many more of us would be ensnared by the Fox News Faux Reality net? May we never know...
Happy Pardoned Turkey Day! More green bean casserole, anyone?
So it's all about logistics. (gosh shouldn't I get paid for that free ad?)
I've got a christmas parade story for you out of Raleigh NC.. a local radio station decided it would be a good idea to hang a black man from the back of a tow truck and have him dangle as they went through the local parade: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/11/21/2499420/g-105-apologizes-for-parade-float.html
Coolness, Rachel. You know, I can't vote for you, but if they choose John Kerry to run Defense or State, could you take his Senate Seat? Also, did you see yourself in your David Letterman Rerun tonight. You looked as regal as ever explaining Pakistan and the Route to the Sea for Iran thru syria, LOL
Rachel,
Before you say no....
If you were appointed to the Senate to replace Mr. Kerry, you would be expected to send out fundraising letters for your election to the seat. In these letters, you could warn the nation of Mr. Brown's (unannounced) intentions to run against you!
You would raise money while tweaking his nose. Now, if only we could get the Cherokee Nation to adopt you as well.... ;-)
Rachel! Rachel! Rachel! I love you and watch your show every single day (Ok, I live in France so I watch it online the morning after it airs). Now, I know you're a very intelligent person, and I enjoy your show so much that I feel it's important to tell you that the past simple of the verb to shrink is actually shrank, and not shrunk. As in, "The US deficit shrank dramatically last year", and not "The Us deficit shrunk dramatically last year". You could, however, say that the US deficit has shrunk over the past four years", and that would be correct, as you'd be using the past participle of the verb. See what I mean? have a looksee here and you'll get it: http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/irregular-verbs/shrink.html
I realy don't think it's so necessary to correct someone lkei Rachell the great. You have to realize that mostly when she talks she is actualy reading a monitor beside the camera. I don't know if she writes her own program but I wouldn;t be suprised if she has a few people wtting for her. Cheers Happy Holidays
Yes, there was the time when she asked me to fill in for her. I was too busy at the time. But, I'm usually ready to be her stunt devil double. Climbing the Hoover Dam was a hard task but, I really made it look like it was her.
I am a different person since I started watching your show Rachel. You have opened my mind and my perspective on most issues. Thanks! Happy holidays to you and Poppy.